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United States Adding Syria to a List of Countries That Could Face Sanctions for Not Doing Enough to Fight Human Trafficking

United States Adding Syria to a List of Countries That Could Face Sanctions for Not Doing Enough to Fight Human Trafficking

| June 22, 2012 | 0 Comments

The United States is adding Syria to a list of countries that could face sanctions for not doing enough to fight human trafficking. The annual U.S. report on worldwide slavery says Burma and Venezuela are among those countries making progress.

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Jon Secada is Adding His Voice to the Tune In to Hep C Public Health Campaign

Jon Secada is Adding His Voice to the Tune In to Hep C Public Health Campaign

| February 16, 2012 | 0 Comments

Merck (known as MSD outside the United States and Canada) has announced that three-time GRAMMY® award-winning Cuban-American recording artist and songwriter Jon Secada is adding his voice to the Tune In to Hep C public health campaign to help raise awareness of chronic hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection.

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Antarctic Ice Sheets Losing Mass At an Accelerating Pace

Antarctic Ice Sheets Losing Mass At an Accelerating Pace

| March 9, 2011 | 0 Comments

The Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets are losing mass at an accelerating pace, according to a new NASA-funded satellite study. The findings of the study — the longest to date of changes in polar ice sheet mass — suggest these ice sheets are overtaking ice loss from Earth’s mountain glaciers and ice caps to become [...]

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UT Southwestern Study to Determine Whether Leptin Helps Type 1 Diabetes Patients

UT Southwestern Study to Determine Whether Leptin Helps Type 1 Diabetes Patients

| October 12, 2010 | 0 Comments

A clinical trial at UT Southwestern Medical Center aims to determine whether adding the hormone leptin to standard insulin therapy might help rein in the tumultuous blood-sugar levels of people with type 1 (insulin-dependent) diabetes.

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